u/Mental-Clerk

The comment section is insane. OP is bitching because he got £450/mo more than he was expecting from his INHERITED house, but somehow feels justified saying he should have gotten more, for a property that likely doesn’t even qualify as a 4 bed, and wants help to screw the tenants over, while having proof other properties rented for the lower price.

It’s crazy to me how many are not only defending this, but giving advice on how to dodge the laws. Fuck landlords.

So we moved into an older home with a mix of newer and old, completely worn out carpet. We are moving out this coming weekend, and last week the landlord asked if he could do a carpet quote. We assumed it was for the older carpet because it was done for when we moved in, and possibly one room that had newer carpet but it is stained, we assumed we would be on the hook for that room. However, he had them do every room with carpet, including two rooms where the carpet is totally fine.

I asked if he wanted us to still clean the carpets and he said he didn't think they're going to come clean so he's just going to replace them.

It feels like he's made up his mind before we even had a chance to try to clean any of them. Is that even legal, to already preemptively decide to replace something before a tenant has a chance to remedy it? What about the two rooms that don't need it? Can he still charge us if he told us not to even bother trying?

My guess is this way there won't be 3 different types of carpet (plus a 4th vinyl wood in another bedroom) upstairs, but he figures he can get some of his costs back through our deposit.

My husband says just leave it be, we didn't plan on having our deposit back anyway, but it bothers me to just leave things unfinished even though it would be easier on me being disabled.